| 释义 |
[ mawr-tish-uhn ] / mɔrˈtɪʃ ən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mortician ON THESAURUS.COM
Origin of morticianAn Americanism dating back to 1890–95; mort(uary) + -ician Words nearby morticianmortgage bond, mortgagee, mortgagee clause, mortgage rate, mortgagor, mortician, mortiferous, mortification, mortify, Mortimer, mortise Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for morticianHorace had been playing poker with a mortician, who had put the car up as collateral. Those Kansas City Blues: A Family History|Katie Baker|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST Though Father Gary did spend a summer working with a mortician. What's Real in The Rite|Seth Colter Walls|January 31, 2011|DAILY BEAST I remember one who was studying to become a mortician and he got several very expensive books on the subject. The Biography of a Rabbit|Roy Benson The really smart way nowadays of bidding good-bye to the world is to go to the establishment of a "mortician." Turns about Town|Robert Cortes Holliday
Here I discovered that to the mind of the mortician towels belong to the Dark Ages. Turns about Town|Robert Cortes Holliday He had to go back and take the sleeping medicine to be ready for the arrival of the mortician in the morning. No Strings Attached|Lester del Rey Marry Miss Dutton, and you'll be a scarecrow within a year, and require the services of the mortician within two! Bunch Grass|Horace Annesley Vachell
British Dictionary definitions for mortician
nounmainly US another word for undertaker Word Origin for morticianC19: from mortuary + -ician, as in physician Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to morticianembalmer, funeral director |